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Shrek Forever After Movie Games and Activities

Randa — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:06:26 +0000

The last Shrek movie is coming out in May 2010! All the movies have been great, so we’re looking forward to the next installment. Here is a list of fun stuff for all the Shrek fans out there:

Shrek Forever After Official Movie Site – watch the trailer here, play games and activities. More games will be added as the release date approaches.

Color some ugly ogres and trolls at FantasyJr.

Our Favorite Ogre Word Search at Printables4Kids

Color and play lots of games at ShrekGames.net

Tons of Shrek coloring pages in Google images

St Patrick’s Day Word Searches and Maze

Randa — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:37:50 +0000

For St. Patrick’s Day I have 2 Word Searches for you and a maze! Click below to open and print:

Word Search #1
Word Search #2
Find the Pot of Gold Maze

Here are some more crafts, coloring sheets and activities from our favorite sites:

Fun list of St. Patrick’s Day crafts at Party Elf.

Cute St. Patrick’s Day coloring page at J.Goode.com

A whole bunch of coloring and activity sheets at Printables4Kids

Some super cute coloring sheets at Animal Jr.

St. Patrick’s Day Pinwheels at Craft Jr.

All Things Family Blog Carnival- 2nd Edition

Randa — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:49:28 +0000

Welcome to the Valentine’s Day edition All Things Family Blog Carnival. The weekly roundup of some of the best family friendly articles, tips and ideas from around the web will be hosted at a different site giving you the opportunity to find plenty of new reads! Along with all the great stuff below, don’t miss all the ideas here at FreeStuff4Kids!

Eatables

Heather Mann presents Valentine Treats! | Croq Zine – The Blog posted at Croq Zine – The Blog, saying, “A couple simple treats to make with conversation hearts. Great for v-day parties or lunchbox or classroom treats.”

Char Polanosky presents Quick Valentine Dessert ? Cupids Cloud posted at Raising A Healthy Family, saying, “Here is a simple Valentine’s Day snack or dessert that the kids can make themselves.”

For a giggle, Heather Mann invites you to check out CraftFail – Failed Valentine’s Brownies & CraftFail – Valentines Day Macadamia Nut Brittle Hearts posted at CraftFail, saying, “Giggle along with CraftFail at these Valentine’s Day treats that fell short.”

Printables

Char Polanosky presents Free Valentines Day Coloring Pages posted at Celebrate It, saying, “These free printable Valentine coloring pages are perfect additions to your Valentine celebrations.”

Wendy Piersall presents Valentine’s Day Activities, Crafts, Coloring Pages and Printables posted at Woo! Jr. Kids Activities Network, saying, “All of our Valentine’s Day fun in one place!”

Wendy Piersall presents Printable Masks for Carnival, Halloween, Mardi Gras and History Lessons posted at Classroom Jr., saying, “The international “Carnivale” season is now through spring!”

Jen presents Valentine Freebies by JGoode posted at JGoode.com, saying, “Share some love with a fun grin by JGoode”

Makeables

Wendy Piersall presents Valentine Treat Bags posted at Craft Jr., saying, “Free printable Valentine’s Day treat bags!”

Shannon presents Valentine’s Day Crafts for Kids posted at Partyelf.

Heather Mann presents 3 fun ideas from Dollar Store Crafts.- Make a Fabric Heart Yo-Yo, Buttoned Valentine’s Day Card and Make a Valentine’s Day Candy Centerpiece.

Valerie presents Will You Be My Paint Chip Valentine? posted at Frugal Family Fun Blog.

Other Valentines Day Ideas

Shannon presents Valentine’s Day Party Ideas for Kids posted at Partyelf.

June Tree presents Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas: Use Ebates, Get Cash Back posted at The Digerati Life, saying, “Valentine’s Day gift ideas for your loved ones.”

Madeleine Begun Kane presents A Valiant Guy’s Guide To Valentine’s Day posted at Mad Kane’s Humor Blog.

Other Family Fun

Amanda CMJ presents Day by Day Pregnancy Tip #13: Have a Children’s Book Baby Shower posted at Extra (Hour)dinary Parenting.

Joanne presents Make Stuff Your Kids Can Play With posted at Simply Saving.

Sarah Clark presents The Mother Load: Choosing battles posted at The Mother Load.

Katie Hoffman presents How to Motivate Yourself to Clean and Organize posted at KatieHoffman.org.

Selina Johnson presents CAPTURING MEMORIES: A Yearly Review For Your Family posted at Tips and Snippets.

Andy Hayes presents Have Baby, Will Travel posted at Sharing Travel Experiences, saying, “Just because you have a child doesn’t mean you can’t see the world.”

Khan Ben presents Caring for Twins posted at Women Weblog, saying, “Your feelings are perfectly understandable. After all, caring for one child is daunting enough for many new parents, and having two at the same time can be a real jolt.”

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of all things family using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

Printable Valentines Day Card

Randa — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:24:41 +0000

Valentine’s Day will be here soon and homemade cards are the best! Here’s a sweet card to print and color, then fold in half and write your sentiment on the inside.

Click here to open and print.

Free Pattern, Illustration and Mandala Coloring Sheets

Randa — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:39:19 +0000

I just found the most awesome site for kids who love to color and want to get beyond your standard coloring books: Patterns for Colouring. They have lots of intricate patterns and illustrations for coloring that your little artists will love.

Need more intricate coloring sheets?

June Moon Visionary Art

Mandalas at Coloring Castle

Along the same lines, here are some fun kaleidoscope images to color:

Kaleidoscope1

Kaleidoscope2

Bible Verse Christmas Printable Coloring Sheets

Randa — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:17:51 +0000

‘Tis nearly the holiday season, and time for some holiday coloring and activity sheets!

Click here to open and print the Jesus in the Manger coloring sheet

And here are some printables from the Bible verse color sheet site:

Luke 2:11 – Manger Scene

Luke 2: 14 – Angel

Also, don’t miss the Christmas activity sheets at Printables4Kids!

Free Halloween Stuff

Randa — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:12:10 +0000

Halloween doesn’t have to cost an arm and a leg. Here are some ways to make Halloween free or very easy on the wallet:

Recipe to make free homemade fake blood and face paint – why go out and spend money on this stuff when you have the ingredients in your pantry?

Make Your Own Halloween Costumes – huge list of ideas and resources here, including no-sew costumes, animals, creatures, cardboard box costumes, costumes for couples and more.

Free Halloween Music – yikes, this was some creepy stuff. Would be great to play on your doorstep to scare the little trick or treaters. You can save the tracks to your computer by right-clicking on the file name and choose Save Link As or Save Target As.

Free Halloween Printables – some fun coloring pages and activity sheets

Free Worksheets for Kids

Randa — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:27:03 +0000

Whether you send your kids to public school, private school or are homeschooling, there are going to be times when you’re looking for extra reinforcement on certain subjects. During the summer especially, when things like the math they learned last year is slipping away from lack of practice. There are some really excellent free printable worksheet sites available on the internet, some with thousands of free worksheets available for all sujects, including grammar, geography, math, spelling, handwriting, etc.

TLSBooks.com – free educational worksheets for early childhood through fifth grade. The worksheets are also sorted by subject, and there are new ones being added regularly.

ABCTeach.com – this site has an incredible array of resources for all ages including worksheets, puzzles, flash cards, and reading comprehension activities.

SchoolExpress.com – boasting 14,000 + worksheets, this site covers many subjects and also has sudoku puzzles and online storybooks. They also have a page where you can make your own worksheets and puzzles.

Free Potty Training Reward Charts- Dora, Diego and more!

Randa — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:39:34 +0000

Having recently come through the ups and downs of potty training, I know how helpful potty training charts can be. They’re even more helpful when they have fun characters on them to help encourage your child. The Potty Training Concepts site has a good selection of charts that you can print for free! They have several characters to choose from, including Dora, Diego, Thomas the Train, Disney Princesses, Cars, Blue’s Clues, as well as several generic charts designed so you can put your child’s picture on them.

They have a nice selection of printable stickers as well that would be great for printing on sticker paper, or even on regular paper and use the recipe for glue they have provided.

Happy Potty Training!

Easter Activities and Coloring Sheets

Randa — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 19:30:17 +0000

‘Tis the season for resurrection, not only in nature, but primarily in the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus on Easter Sunday. Easter eggs are always one of the highlights of the holiday for kids, and there are lots of other fun holiday activities that make this time of year special. Here are some of my favorites this year:

13 Creative Ways to Dye and Decorate Easter Eggs (a very popular post from last year that has been recently featured on BeliefNet)

Totally cute Pipe Cleaner Finger Puppets – be sure to browse around this site- lots of good stuff.

Resurrection Eggs – bringing the focus back to the “reason for the season”.

Printable Easter Mazes from Animal Jr.

Huge list of Easter activities and coloring sheets

And… don’t forget to have a Peep War or two: When toothpicks are inserted into the sides of two marshmallow peeps which are facing each other in a microwave. When the microwave is turned on, the peeps swell and each peep’s toothpick will poke the other peep. The peep that does not explode is the winner!